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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
ached
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From this reading Jim's head ached confoundedly, and he was stiff and sore, but his mind cleared rapidly from the mists of slumber.
all
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From this reading Then all at once he remembered, and there came a horrifying thought.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
animal
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then all at once he remembered, and there came a horrifying thought.
awoke
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
babel
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
bunk
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From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Jim's head ached confoundedly, and he was stiff and sore, but his mind cleared rapidly from the mists of slumber.
came
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From this reading Then all at once he remembered, and there came a horrifying thought.
checked
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From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
clanging
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
cleared
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From this reading Jim's head ached confoundedly, and he was stiff and sore, but his mind cleared rapidly from the mists of slumber.
climbing
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From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
Concerning
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
confoundedly
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From this reading Jim's head ached confoundedly, and he was stiff and sore, but his mind cleared rapidly from the mists of slumber.
confused
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
cursing
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
ears
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Jim's head ached confoundedly, and he was stiff and sore, but his mind cleared rapidly from the mists of slumber.
got
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From this reading What sort of a place was this, and how had he got there?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What sort of a place was this, and how had he got there?
hammering
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
head
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From this reading Jim's head ached confoundedly, and he was stiff and sore, but his mind cleared rapidly from the mists of slumber.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jim's head ached confoundedly, and he was stiff and sore, but his mind cleared rapidly from the mists of slumber.
horrifying
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From this reading Then all at once he remembered, and there came a horrifying thought.
how
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From this reading What sort of a place was this, and how had he got there?
husky-looking
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From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
individual
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From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
Jim's
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
lying
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From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jim's head ached confoundedly, and he was stiff and sore, but his mind cleared rapidly from the mists of slumber.
mists
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From this reading Jim's head ached confoundedly, and he was stiff and sore, but his mind cleared rapidly from the mists of slumber.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
narrow
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From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
now
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
Omelet
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
once
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From this reading Then all at once he remembered, and there came a horrifying thought.
opposite
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From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
pair
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From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
place
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protesting
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
rapidly
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From this reading Jim's head ached confoundedly, and he was stiff and sore, but his mind cleared rapidly from the mists of slumber.
remembered
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From this reading Then all at once he remembered, and there came a horrifying thought.
roar
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
ropes
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
shouting
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
slumber
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From this reading Jim's head ached confoundedly, and he was stiff and sore, but his mind cleared rapidly from the mists of slumber.
some
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
sore
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From this reading Jim's head ached confoundedly, and he was stiff and sore, but his mind cleared rapidly from the mists of slumber.
sort
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sound
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
squeak
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
stiff
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From this reading Jim's head ached confoundedly, and he was stiff and sore, but his mind cleared rapidly from the mists of slumber.
tent
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From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
then
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
There
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What sort of a place was this, and how had he got there?
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then all at once he remembered, and there came a horrifying thought.
trousers
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From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
vociferously
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From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
Wednesday
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What sort of a place was this, and how had he got there?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
yawning
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From this reading He was lying on a narrow bunk in a tent, and opposite him a husky-looking individual was climbing into a pair of checked trousers and yawning vociferously.
yell
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From this reading Concerning an Omelet There was a confused babel of sound in Jim's ears when he awoke Wednesday morning; hammering and clanging and the squeak of ropes, shouting and cursing, and now and then the roar or yell of some protesting animal.
